Following Centre Pompidou’s announcement of an outpost in Jersey City, Lee Rosenbaum dissects the plans and asks what it means for the local art scene.
How could I not be excited? The Centre Pompidou, Paris’ premier museum for modern and contemporary art, is coming to a venue near me—a mere 10 miles south of La Maison Rosenbaum. As a long–time resident of Fort Lee, NJ (and a native New Yorker), I rubbed my eyes in disbelief when I saw this headline earlier this month:
Here’s the “Before” photo—the currently down-at-the-heels “Pathside Building” in which the Pomp will romp:
And here’s the “After” picture—a rendering of what it may look like after architect Jason Long, a partner in the New York office of OMA (the firm founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas), gets his hands on it... Keep reading on CultureGrrl.
How could I not be excited? The Centre Pompidou, Paris’ premier museum for modern and contemporary art, is coming to a venue near me—a mere 10 miles south of La Maison Rosenbaum. As a long–time resident of Fort Lee, NJ (and a native New Yorker), I rubbed my eyes in disbelief when I saw this headline earlier this month:
Here’s the “Before” photo—the currently down-at-the-heels “Pathside Building” in which the Pomp will romp:
And here’s the “After” picture—a rendering of what it may look like after architect Jason Long, a partner in the New York office of OMA (the firm founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas), gets his hands on it... Keep reading on CultureGrrl.